From today, the South Australian Government is introducing COVID SAfe Check-In. This aims to increase contact tracing and keep the state’s community COVID-safe, following the discovery of the Parafield cluster last month.
The SA Gov website says this: “Businesses with a COVID Safe Plan will receive a poster with a unique QR code, which they must display prominently within the business. All defined public activities require a COVID Safe Plan and must have contact tracing enabled.”
Businesses with an existing COVID Safe Plan will receive a new COVID Safe Plan via email. It will include a poster with a unique QR code. A printed version of the QR code must be displayed in a prominent location within the business.
According to the SA Gov website, “a defined public activity is any of the following:”
- onsite purchase and consumption of food or beverages (whether occurring in an indoor or outdoor area)
- sport (including sports training), fitness or recreation activities
- indoor public meetings
- ceremonies
- private functions
- weddings (including wedding ceremonies and receptions)
- funeral services (excluding wakes)
- provision of personal care services
- provision of public entertainment
- provision of recreational transport
- the operation of a nightclub
- the operation of relevant licensed premises
- the operation of a casino or gaming area (within the meaning of the Gaming Machines Act 1992)
- auctions and inspections of premises for the purpose of sale or rental of any property
- driver instruction
- the provision of health care, residential care, disability support or aged care services.”
Follow these steps to check in using QR technology:
- Download the mySA GOV app. You can do this via Google Play or the App Store from the afternoon of Tuesday 1 December. “Apple users will be able to sign in manually until the Apple version is updated and available on Tuesday afternoon,” says the mySA GOV website.
- When you first enter the COVID SAfe Check-In part of the app, you will be asked to fill in your details and mobile number. You will then get a text message with a unique code to enter in to the app. This is to verify your phone number. You will only have to do this once.
- If you don’t have the app, you can simply use your smart phone camera to scan the code, and a secure web form will open to check in. A paper recording log template is available as a back-up for people who don’t have a smart phone.
- Any time you go to a venue, open your camera and hold it over the QR code. A web link will pop up. Click on the link. You may need to get quite close if it’s not popping up.
- This will take you to a venue-specific website where you have to put in your first name, last name and mobile number. This check in page links back to the app. You will get a text to say you’ve checked in to that venue.
You don’t have to log in to use the COVID SAfe Check-In feature. You don’t even need the app!
If you do not have a compatible smart phone, a paper record will be available for you to provide your details.
There is more useful information on this new QR technology here. Plus FAQs in case you get stuck.
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